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Scope said: 'Accessibility shouldn't be an afterthought, even in a period of national mourning.'
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RMT threatens strike action over plans to change working practices to cut costs after Covid pandemic. Thousands of rail jobs could be axed by Network Rail under a shake-up of working practices to cut costs after the Covid pandemic, according to the industrys biggest trade union.The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers' union (RMT) said it had 'no alternative to move to a national dispute footing' to protect its members' livelihoods and safety.
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The heaviest freight train ever to run on the West Coast main line has made its debut journey from the Peak District to London with essential construction materials.
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Network Rail engineers will be raising Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, by one metre to lift it out of the flood zone.
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The woman at the helm of Aberdeen harbour's £350 million-plus expansion project is stepping down to take up a new job.
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Twenty years on, the Selby rail crash remains the UK's worst rail disaster of the 21st Century.
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Around one in 10 rail services should be cut while passenger numbers remain low, says Network Rail.
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Scotland's Railway will be withdrawing services on some routes on Tuesday while high winds and extreme rainfall sweeps across the country.
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In a world first, electric resistant paint combined with voltage-controlled clearance (VCC) has helped make a Victorian railway bridge usable by new electric trains, avoiding weeks of passenger disruption and train delays in the process.
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Network Rail has appointed Mott MacDonald as the design contractor for the Edinburgh Waverley Masterplan.
(Permalink) Mott MacDonald Network Rail  Edinburgh Waverley: Master-plan for Edinburgh Waverley, Market Street side entrance (the Klondyke or Old Town side to the south of the station). North Bridge in background.  Edinburgh Waverley: Network Rail's master-plan for Edinburgh Waverley showing the entrance from Waverley Bridge.  Edinburgh Waverley: The Edinburgh Waverley master-plan showing the mezzanine level and without the glass roof. This aerial view is from the south. |
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LNER, together with Network Rail and Freightliner, is hosting a virtual memorial to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of the Great Heck train crash. This will be held from 10am on Sunday 28 February 2021.
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Scientists are using cutting-edge technology along Britains 20,000-mile rail network, as part of Network Rails new action plan for sustainable vegetation management.
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Passengers and freight customers will benefit from more reliable services after the successful delivery of £16m of enhancements on Scotlands Railway.
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Major progress was made at Kings Cross during a six-day closure over Christmas, including work to reconstruct Camden Sewer which runs beneath the tracks
Teams lifted all four tracks entering the station for the first time in over 40 years The East Coast Upgrade will bring a more modern, reliable railway for passengers, improving journeys between London, the North of England and Scotland Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are thanking passengers for their patience following the six-day closure at Kings Cross. (Permalink) Kings Cross Network Rail |
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The G-NLDR vehicle was sent out by Network Rail to ensure the train lines in and around the Scottish capital were free of ice and snow.
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Staff at Glasgow Central received recognition from Deafblind Scotland, for completing specialist visual and hearing impairment training.
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Passengers in Scotland's biggest city are set to benefit from improved journeys in 2021 as Network Rail delivers projects to upgrade and renew infrastructure around Glasgow this festive period.
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Scenes from the movie Prometheus inspired Network Rail to develop a drone that can explore caves.
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has praised Network Rails response to Covid-19 but raised concerns over how Network Rail plans rail timetables for next year and in the longer term, and is requiring improvement by Network Rail on how rail capacity is allocated and access to the network is granted.
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As the rail industry works together to help people travel with confidence this Christmas, passengers are asked to plan in advance and book their outward and return journeys. 95% of the network is running as usual over the Christmas and New Year period, with essential engineering work taking place at key locations
Upgrade work will improve train reliability for passengers on several routes and boost connectivity between England and Scotland on the East Coast Main Line. (Permalink) Christmas Network Rail |
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Andrew Haines, the Chief Executive of Network Rail, was guest of honour at the 2020 National Railway Heritage Awards as the winners in this year's competition were announced in a virtual ceremony, reflecting the fact that restrictions on the holding of public gatherings as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis meant that the usual annual ceremony held at Merchant Taylors' Hall had had to be cancelled.
The Urban Heritage Award, sponsored by the Arch Company, was made to Network Rail and LNER for the impressive work completed at Berwick-on-Tweed station over a number of years, work that recognised not only the importance of the station itself but also the sensitivity of the historic site on which it stands. The London Underground Operational Enhancement Award went to the Network Rail and Story Construction Ltd for the complex work undertaken at Stirling station in Scotland in restoring the platform canopies and footbridge whilst incorporating successfully the overhead line equipment associated with the 25kV electrification of the line through to Alloa. Highly commended entries: There were three unusual entrants that all featured restored graves; it was decided to reward these each with a chairmans special Highly Commended Certificate. The last was made to the Friends of Scrayingham and Leppington Village for the restoration of the grave of the 'Railway King', George Hudson, in Scrayingham churchyard. Highly commended entries: Partnership Award: Pitlochry salt store Conservation Award: Dumbarton Central station roof tiles, Lanark station railings Community Award: Dumfries station (Permalink) Andrew Haines Berwick-on-Tweed Dumbarton Central Dumfries George Hudson Lanark Network Rail Pitlochry Stirling  Dumbarton Central: Up on the roof; in the background workmen are repairing the roof of the westbound platforms building.  Stirling: A Dunblane service calls at Stirling on 21 August 2019. I'm not quite sure why this class has one eyebrow raised; it certainly doesn't help its looks. |
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Rays of purple light will beam from railway stations across the country on Thursday (3 December) as the rail industry joins the global #PurpleLightUp movement and celebrates the contribution of disabled people around the world.
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A Christmas travel tsar has been appointed in an effort to avoid transport chaos during the festive period. Sir Peter Hendy, the chairman of Network Rail, will scrutinise whether train, air and road networks are ready for millions of people making trips over the five-day window when coronavirus restrictions are eased, the Department for Transport said.
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Passengers were kept safely on the move over a track fault thanks to innovative use of a GoPro camera by Network Rail workers.
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Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have revealed the names of the five design practices selected to compete in the next phase of their competition to shape the future of Britains railway stations.
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Progress Rail, a Scottish head-quartered engineering firm, is in danger of closure. This is according to the Transport and Salaried Staff Association (TSSA) trades union. They say that Network Rail has decided to buy what they call safety-critical rail crossings made abroad, instead of those made at the Scottish plant. [See also news item 08/10.]
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Network Rail has announced a major step forward in tackling climate change by becoming the first railway company in the world to set the most ambitious Science-Based Targets to limit global warming.
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Scrap yards across the West Midlands and Warwickshire are being visited by Network Rail and the British Transport Police to ensure dealers are not trading stolen metal.
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Twenty years ago, on 17 October 2000, a train derailed just south of Hatfield station while travelling at around 115mph. Four people died, 70 were injured. The accident was caused by rolling-contact fatigue (metal fatigue) of the left-hand rail, which broke as the train passed over it.
Railtrack (the private infrastructure operator) and Balfour Beatty (the contractor responsible for track maintenance on that line) were found guilty of breaching health and safety laws. Railtrack was forced by the government into administration, and publicly owned Network Rail was established. (Permalink) Balfour Beatty Hatfield crash Network Rail Railtrack |
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Almost 1,500 lifts and 300 escalators across some 500 stations around the country will soon be directly 'live' reporting their working condition. Passengers will be able to see which lifts and escalators are working, helping them plan their journeys through stations with real-time knowledge of the access available.
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Five current and two former Network Rail employees have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, published on Saturday 10 October.
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Network Rail is set to launch the second round of consultation for Cambridge South station this month.
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Rail Wellbeing Live on 4th/5th November set to be industry's biggest ever free wellbeing event
Aims to'revolutionise' thinking around health and wellbeing in rail industry More than 140 speakers and 80 pick 'n' mix sessions across 2 day virtual event. (Permalink) Network Rail Virtual Event Wellbeing |
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Network Rail has provided a huge boost to the Great British September Clean - by once again pledging to get all 41,000 employees involved. It says litter and graffiti can cause safety problems for passengers.
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The East Coast Main Line Power Supply Upgrade is to power forward into its second phase to enhance the East Coast network, bolstered by a £216.2m contract award for the Rail Electrification Alliance.
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The National Composites Centre (NCC) has partnered with Network Rail to investigate, design and build a composite footbridge.
The new partnership sees Network Rail join the NCC as a Tier One Member - the first rail infrastructure company to do so - which gives Network Rail access to use the world-leading expertise facilities and capabilities at the NCC. The concept footbridge, conceived and ... (Permalink) Footbridge National Composites Centre Network Rail |
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Caithness is playing a key role in a £195k project which hopes to show that moving timber by rail is a viable and greener alternative to using roads.
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Hundreds of lorry loads of timber could be removed from the A9 in Ross-shire after almost £200,000 was allocated to a rail freight trial by Victa Railfreight.
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Network Rail, Scottish Government and City of Edinburgh Council have today revealed their concept designs for transforming the capitals main station as part of the Edinburgh Waverley Masterplan.
(Permalink) City of Edinburgh Council Edinburgh Waverley Network Rail Scottish Government Edinburgh Waverley: Master-plan for Edinburgh Waverley, Market Street side entrance (the Klondyke or Old Town side to the south of the station). North Bridge in background. Edinburgh Waverley: Network Rail's master-plan for Edinburgh Waverley showing the entrance from Waverley Bridge. Edinburgh Waverley: The Edinburgh Waverley master-plan showing the mezzanine level and without the glass roof. This aerial view is from the south. |
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Network Rail Scotland is restarting work on major construction projects across Scotland's Railway following a three-month pause due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Network Rail has announced that tree cutting work on the line between Glasgow and East Kilbride / Barrhead, paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now resume.
(Permalink) Barrhead Covid-19 East Kilbride Electrification Network Rail  East Kilbride: Clearing the trees and vegetation along the 11-mile railway corridor is now underway and will be ongoing until December. It will enable site and geological investigation (SI/GI) which will inform the ... |
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Household waste is helping to keep the lights on for 50,000 homes during the coronavirus crisis as Network Rail continues to move an essential freight service which carries waste from London to an energy plant in the South West.
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Network Rail and construction firm Bam Nuttal secured the site on Saturday as work was suspended.
(Permalink) COVID-19 Kintore Network Rail New station  Kintore: ScotRail 158707, on the 14:20 departure from Inverurie to Inverness, passes through the new platforms at Kintore on 22nd August 2019.
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Network Rail has identified a site in Sandwell to build a new factory that will produce concrete sleepers for the network in the future.
The railway sidings at Bescot have been selected for the potential project, and will create 100 jobs in the West Midlands whilst ensuring that Bescot is a key location on the nations railway map. If approved, the facility hopes to produce up to 600,000 sleepers a year making up 60% of the countrys supply, with Network Rails separate sleeper facility in Doncaster making up the remaining 40%. The Bescot site will be directly connected to the network to ensure that sleepers can be transported quickly and easily around Britain. (Permalink) Network Rail |
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Flying Scotsman has marked the reopening of the landslip-hit Settle-to-Carlisle rail line.
The stretch at Eden Brows, between Carlisle and Armathwaite, had to be shut in February last year after 500,000 tones of earth moved. Network Rail underpinned the line by driving hundreds of concrete-filled steel piles into the bedrock. Paul Barnfield, regional director for train operator Northern, said the £23m project had been a 'mammoth task'. (Permalink) Eden Brows Landslide Network Rail  Eden Brows: A Class 142 (number 142066) on an Appleby to Carlisle ecs move (suspected to be for route refreshing) passes the site of the landslip at Eden Brows on 25 March 2017. This is the second day that these ...  Rise Hill Tunnel: Flying Scotsman northbound near Rise Hill Tunnel on the Settle & Carlisle line on 30 September 1978 with The Lord Bishop. The special was bound for Appleby, where a memorial service was ...  Eden Brows: The Settle and Carlisle Railway was closed in early 2016 due to a landslip at Eden Brows between Armathwaite and Cumwhinton. Network Rail and their contractor Story have constructing an enormous concr ... |
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